August 1 – Today’s Readings – Jeremiah 13-15 and Psalms 31 In the Old Testament, Prophets were often told to do things as object lessons in support of the prophetic word God had asked them to speak. These picture illustrations probably meant more to the general population than did all the long prophetic sermons these… Read more Prophetic Illustrations
July 31 – Today’s Readings – Jeremiah 10-12 and Psalms 31 Chapter 10 of Jeremiah paints a great picture of what God thinks (and what we should think) about the “gods” of this world – “For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes… Read more Customs of the Peoples
July 30 – Today’s Readings – Jeremiah 7-9 and Psalms 30 Chapter 7 is chilling in its assessment of religious people who do not live out their confession of faith. They go to the temple; they offer sin offerings and fellowship offerings and they say in their hearts that because they have done these things… Read more God Calls People Out
July 29 – Today’s Readings – Jeremiah 4-6 and Psalms 29 God’s emotions of anguish, horror, and anger are brought out so well in these Chapters: “Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the… Read more God has “Emotion”
July 28 – Today’s Readings – Jeremiah 1-3 and Psalms 28 We find here a beautiful introduction to this prophetic penman, and the book named after him. Jeremiah was obviously a very young man when God called him and commissioned him – “Ah, Sovereign LORD’, I said, ‘I do not know how to speak; I… Read more Predestined to do Good Works
